J. Mike Blake - HighSchoolOT (300+ 🏫)
@JMBpreps
@HighSchoolOT contributor ✍🏻🎙️🎥. 2022 NCHSAA Media Person of the Year. 14-time NCPA winner. Covered games at 300+ NC high schools. HS educator since ‘18!
Today's column: It's no secret that transfers in high school sports are on the rise. Other states have decided that they needed to modernize their transfer policies, and I'd say the N.C. High School Athletic Association should follow suit — but I know it can't. The NCHSAA…
.@JoelBryantHSOT breaks down the HSOT preseason Top 25 football rankings. @JMBpreps dives into the factors that determine the HSOT baseball and softball All-State teams. And the HighSchoolOT team picks their notable coaching changes prior to the 2025-26 season. All on this…
Preseason Top 25: West Charlotte, Grimsley rank as the top two football teams in NC highschoolot.com/story/hsot-foo…
Pelicans guard Trey Murphy III is coming off a career year, but he hasn't forgotten where he's from. Murphy was in Durham this weekend for his Back to School Bash. Says he's fully healthy after his shoulder injury and it only goes up from here. #Pelicans #neworleans #NBA
Tomorrow is 10 months post - #Helene I made my first visit to Lake Lure and the village of Chimney Rock today. The condition of the lake at this time, plus what bit of the devastation I saw in the village will break anyone’s heart and i think everyone needs to see it just once…
Introducing the 2025 HighSchoolOT All-State Baseball Team ⚾️ See the full team here: highschoolot.com/story/the-2025… 30 players are making an appearance on the team for at least the second time, led by four who are making the team for the fourth straight season. The HSOT all-state…
The final HSOT all-state team was released today to wrap up 2024-25 Congrats to everyone who made a team and to every school to made a final statewide or area code ranking! highschoolot.com/story/hsot-all…
SIX players drafted Five first-teamers, one second-teamer
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Hoooooooooooooooooooop Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
These are the Top 10 Cities for producing Division I Men’s Basketball talent PER CAPITA - NOT overall numbers. @statswithsasa compiled the data from the @NCAA
🚨Need A Team🚨 The NCSCA Select Kickoff classic is looking for ONE more team to play on 8/21 @ 6 pm More info ⬇️
My favorite soccer classification to cover the last four years was 2A. Well, most of old 2A is now broken up between these two classes, with a few newcomers as well.
Meet the leading boys soccer scorers who are making the move to 3A and 4A this fall. HighSchoolOT Insiders can see the complete Top 25 list HERE: highschoolot.com/soccer/
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NC Central’s Trei Oliver says Virginia Tech coach was on his sideline during Howard game recruiting a running back. Says RB went to Virginia for $400K. Now a starter. And hopes Virginia kicks VT’s butt.
Introducing the 2025 HighSchoolOT All-State Softball Team 🥎 See the full team here: highschoolot.com/story/the-2025… 44 players are making an appearance on the team for at least the second time, led by four who are making the team for the fourth straight season. The HSOT all-state…
Important update: Ambassador Christian is only joining the NCISAA next year in only one sport: wrestling. The Lions have quickly built out a larger athletic department with tennis, basketball, football etc., but those programs are not joining as of now. highschoolot.com/story/eight-sc…
Felton Grove is still looking for wrestling coaches, but the rest of the head coaches have been brought on board: highschoolot.com/story/felton-g…
Big news in the NCISAA! EIGHT schools are joining this year as provisional members. They include one former member and one former provisional member. highschoolot.com/story/eight-sc…
Maybe I can talk my wife into us buying the 2,000 tickets for $2,500 option. Best deal on here! 👀
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Get to know @MillbrookSports seniors Quinton Cypher and Rashad Streets! Both are ranked as top 120 prospects. Both have been offered by UNC or NC State. Both have championship hopes for the Wildcats. Neither used to like each other 😂 (✍️ @JEPopeIV) highschoolot.com/story/millbroo…
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"I [couldn't] care less. We could play them at Piedmont Park." Coach Brent Key on the Georgia-Georgia Tech game being played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium 😂 @GeorgiaTechFB